If you teach Gatsby, love literature from the 1920s or want a brilliantly written biography on the emergence of the modern age - I can not recommend this book enough. As lively as a Fitzgerald novel and as knowing. Sarah Churchwell

'Why are universities all over the country closing arts courses and cutting jobs? Front Row investigates and considers the consequences.' Do tune into BBC Front Row tonight: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00….

Are you a member of academic teaching staff at a university where arts/culture courses are being cut? Would like to hear from you. Drop me an email summarising what's being cut, impact & a contact number & will try to get back to you. Drop me a line at: [email protected]
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DID YALL GET RAPTURED TODAY OR NA? #SolarEclipse

⁦Dr Adam Rutherford⁩ saw this in NYC and knew you would think of it as I do…

History Hit💥 Pretty sure this will be news to Sarah Churchwell

So.... 'chess'?

Can see why Trump supporters are so offended by Biden’s statement about being nice to trans people this Easter. They are looking for something more reverant, respectful, and Christ-like such as this.

Happy 90th birthday to the legendary Shirley Jones.

📢FLF On-line Public Engagement Clinic
⏰Tuesday 16 April (12:30 - 13:30)
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Six books unified by an originality of voice, accessible, insightful, each one a masterpiece. May we present the first ever #WomensPrize for #NonFiction shortlist sponsored by Findmypast.

Huge congratulations to the shortlisted authors and our heartfelt thanks to the judges!

Less than an hour till its #birthday 🎂🍾🎂🍾🎂🍾

Oriel College, Oxford is hiring - Britain, 1100-1500 (replacement for Ian Forrest who’s gone to Glasgow)

Also, the irony of Trump saying anything at all about Ronna McDaniel is that he’s the reason why she calls herself Ronna McDaniel in the first place

Wait… your complaint is that he *only* fixed almost EIGHT THOUSAND bridges and ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND miles of road? Please, dear God, repeat this “attack” as much as you can.

The issue isn’t about ideology, it’s about basic truth. Those trying to make this a left-right issue are being intentionally dishonest. This is about whether honest journalists are supposed to lend their credibility to someone who intentionally tried to ruin ours.

I would argue that the value of the Humanities is self-evident and that it doesn't need to have economic value to be worthwhile. But if you do need that, a House of Lords report says the economic value of the UK's arts and culture sector was £34 billion in 2022.

.Marco Rubio in 2016: “There is no way that we are going to allow a con artist to take over the conservative movement, and Donald Trump is a con artist.”

Q: “So what do you think a Trump government would look like?”

Rubio: “It would be chaos.”

Real journalists are losing their jobs, but the handmaids of American fascism are getting plum spots in legacy American media organizations. Shame on you, NBC News